Long before Uchiha Yue received intelligence from Uchiha Fugaku and learned that the Third Hokage intended to summon him to the Hokage Office, he had already guessed some of the Third Hokage's intentions. Without a doubt, Uchiha Yue's performance on the Land of Water front had been far too dazzling. In particular, the several battles where he had turned the tide single-handedly made Konoha's higher-ups recognize the threat he posed. They intended to take advantage of his return to Konoha to properly suppress him and blunt his edge.
The fact that Konoha's higher-ups harbored such thoughts was also within Uchiha Yue's expectations. After all, the Uchiha Clan had already produced one Uchiha Madara. No one in Konoha wanted the Uchiha Clan to produce another Uchiha Madara. Now, Uchiha Yue's potential far surpassed even that of Uchiha Madara in the past. In order to keep this double-edged sword under control, Konoha's higher-ups naturally had to put some pressure on him, making Uchiha Yue understand that they, Konoha's higher-ups, were the ones truly in power.
Therefore, when Uchiha Yue had just returned to Konoha and heard that the Third Hokage urgently wished to summon him, he knew there would likely be many familiar faces in the Hokage Office. However, at the time, Uchiha Yue had not expected that, in order to join forces with Konoha's higher-ups to suppress him, the Third Hokage would bring in so many familiar faces.
There was no need to mention Shimura Danzō, Koharu Utatane, and Mitokado Homura from Konoha's Council of Elders. The moment Uchiha Yue entered the Hokage Office, he discovered that Hyuga Hiashi, the current head of the Hyuga Clan, Hizashi Hyuga, the one in power over the branch family, and even his own teacher Tsunade, along with Orochimaru, who had originally been on the